Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• weigh in: To be weighed before a sports event to check you are not over a certain weight
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• few steps: A small number of steps; a short distance.
• lie down: To put your body in a flat position, as to sleep
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• got to: To arrive at some place
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• run with: To take and work with an idea, plan as your own
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• set up
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• evolve: To develop certain features
• priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
• recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
• shed: Small building used for storage
• incorporate: To form into a company or business corporation
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
• momentum: Speed or force that is gained when something moves
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• blow: To move something using air
• ashamed: Feeling of shame or guilt
• foster: To raise a child who is not yours, for payment
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• fit: Good looking; physically attractive
• honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• groom: To make neat and smart in appearance
• buddy: Friend, usually male
• exert: To make something have an effect on something else
• sanctuary: Place to find rest and relaxation
• trajectory: The path followed by a flying object
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• arthritis: Diseases of the joints often with painful swelling
• fur: Hairy coat of an animal
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
• surrender: Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
• pound: The # key on a keyboard
• great: Very good; better than before
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• mobile: Able to be moved or able to move
• sassy: Improperly forward or bold
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• pantry: Room for preparation or storage of foods
• mobility: Ability to move
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• vet: Short for 'veterinarian' or 'veterinary surgeon'
• chunky: Containing large sticky lumps; thick and heavy
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• agility: Graceful quick and nimble movements
• potty: (Child's) portable toilet
• rock: To be greatly upset by something, e.g. a death
• energize: To give more energy and power to someone
• crafty: Being cunning to get others to do what you want
• euthanasia: Killing the old or ill without causing them pain
• overweight: Weighing more than a normal or allowed amount
• fulfil: To finish or provide something successfully
• babe: Romantic term often used to your lover; darling